We made our reservation online as we had never had a bad experience at an AmericInn. We should have realized there was a problem when we pulled up, but it had been a long day. After seeing the flash mobs on TV from Maryland, we thought it was happening here in the quiet suburb of Minneapolis. Carloads of "youths" were being dropped off at the front door. After checking in, it appeared that the "youths" either figured that the AmericInn pool and hot tub were better than a 7-11 to crash OR it was allowed by the hotel management as they walked right past the front desk! When we went down to the hot tub later to relax, we found the "hot" tub to be anything but that. Warm maybe, but by no means anywhere near hot. The youths fled the hot tub when we arrived but were quite LOUD in the pool and also while they were fighting over the use of the sauna. I commented that what type of parent would allow young kids to use a sauna, but then realized silly me, there were NO parents to be seen.
The room was fine, except for the occasional loud music from a car (perhaps picking up or dropping off another flash mob).
I would avoid this AmericInn as they apparently don't mind this type of activity and are not concerned with the actual paying customers.

We stayed at this AmericInn for a wedding at the near by Convention Center. The fact that the hotel had a shuttle to the center was the only nice thing about the place. However, the shuttle driver was texting on her cell phone while driving.... dangerous!

I've stayed at many AmericInn hotels before and this one in Brooklyn Center was far below the quality that I am use to from this chain. The cleaning service took away dirty towels without bringing clean ones back leaving us without towels! The rooms smelled musty and like cigarette smoke. The blankets were stained and had holes in them. The curtains were full of holes also. Bathroom fixtures were erroding and needed replacing. We even overheard cleaning staff telling the front desk that some folks had checked into a room that hadn't even been cleaned from the previous users.

Other members of our group had similar experiences with the cleaning staff regarding the towels and bed linens. Their rooms also had musty smells and were missing essential appliances (i.e. fridge in a suite was missing, missing iron, etc).

This hotel could use an update. The beds were not very comfortable. Our room had a strange smell to it. The carpeting in the elevator was old and stained. We requested a non-smoking room well in advance and the room smelled of smoke and there was even an ashtray in it. Hardly a non-smoking room in my book. A little attention to detail could make this a decent hotel. I will say that the staff was very nice and helpful.

When I walked in to check in there was a note on the front desk that said the clerk would be back in 5 minutes. There was a bell there but I did not ring it due to the note and thought it would be rude to do so. Ten minutes later the clerk came from the back room and said "Oh, I didn't see you there". Really? There was not a soul around for the 10 minutes I was there. She had my keys and paper work ready for me to sign and headed off to my room. The room was clean and livable. One of the lamps by the bed turned on but then immediately shut off. Could not get it to stay on. Ok, so I used the other side of the bed, lamp worked, no big deal. Well, someone had spilled coffee or pop all over the wall so the wall was stained. Better check the mattress for evidence of bed bugs. Thankfully there was no evidence of the little critters, I can sleep! There was a nice little lanai but don't close the door! There was no door knob on the outside!!!! Yikes! Ok, so we have free wireless internet. Well, it is behind a firewall so I could not get to my Pogo game rooms! Then the internet service ended or was lost around 9 PM. Argh!!! Had to get up early so read my book by the lamp that worked and got a good nice sleep! Was a nice quiet room. The free breakfast was ok. Scrambled eggs from powder but at least they were not green. Hot coffee and toast and jam so I was good with it. Again, got the room for around $60 so considering what I paid, it was fine. Don't think I would stay there again though. We need to add a wavering thumb for maybe, maybe not!